4 ms·
>My resume has always been one page. I hate looking over 3 page resumes. I don’t care what you did in the 90s. This is very culture specific. Example: Like yo
by maxheadroom 7y ago
>My resume has always been one page. I hate looking over 3 page resumes. I don’t care what you did in the 90s.
This is very culture specific.
Example: Like you, I usually keep a revolving ~10 years history on my CV. As the years progress, I drop anything > 10 years, as it's really no longer relevant.
Anyways, I was pointedly asked one time during an interview, recently, for a company in a different country, "Where's the rest of your work history since university?"
That was almost 20 years ago, now. You have any idea just how long my CV would be, now, with all of that information?
/tableflip.gif
- steverb 7y agoMy solution to this has generally been to add a "1997 - 2000 Various Previous work history available upon request" at the bottom. And then just carry a copy or two of the full CV with you to the interview. If someone wants to see it, let them. Generally interviewers have just been curious.
- scarface74 7y agoEven though I think ageism is overblown in the software development industry if you are buzzword compliant, I don’t take any chances. I leave everything off before 2008, my year of graduation and I go completely clean shaven and bald in an interview. (I’m Black it’s not abnormal). Most non-Blacks have no idea how old I am without the obvious signs of gray hair or a receding hair line.
- fjsolwmv 7y agoWhite men can shave bald too, and anyone can dye their hair. There's even a famous hair dye brand that specifically advertises its product for use in gaming age doiscrimination! The product (Just For Men) and ads are gender-discriminatory, of course!
- scarface74 7y agoIsn’t being bald culturally more of a negative among White men?